it. >> well, you know, johnny radcliffe and colt holtz are such good friends, called holtz invited johnny and i to come to a course where he is a member in georgia and we spent the night we played golf for two days, the entire time was just what you just heard, it was one piece of life advice after another and lindsey graham is a pretty funny guy and radcliffe has his moments, too, i've never laughed more than i have at lou holtz, he is a walking comedian but there is this nugget of in everything he says. and he mentioned one person, harris, he won the national championship, he turned south carolina around, the thing he is proudest of is life is his wife beth. and i like the dickens that she was not there to watch him honored in this way, i have never met a man that talks as lovingly about his wife as lou holtz did about his. >> harris: you heard president trump mentioned beth as well and is leading remarks before the presidential medal of freedom was awarded to lou holtz. i know you are a part of the letter writing campaign to get this done, trey. >> trey: look, my letter doesn't carry a

holtz, congratulations, how are you feeling? >> i feel so indebted to so many people in my life who have had such as a positive influence on it, for a guy who graduated in the lower third of his high school class, i feel fortunate to be able to be here and also to be a part of this great country, and next to an individual that i respect as much as him. i say it, you looked at all the people, tiger woods and jack nicklaus, they recognize or what they did. i'm recognized for what other people did. i never made a block or a tackle but i did try to teach people to make good choices. that's all i've ever tried to do, thank you. >> president trump: such a great statement. >> reporter: mr. president, mitch mcconnell says covid

that was one of the other things lou holtz said today. in your life: one is the day you were born, and one is the day you figure out what you were born to do. you, kathie lee, have known what you were born to do. i watched you on stage, all of the things you've done, and when i was starting out in new york and watching you and regis every single morning together, and you have never stopped working and enjoying life, and the new book is called "it's never too late." what do you want to say to women, to people out there about reinventing yourself all the time, never stopping working? >> well, you know, when people use the word "reinventing," i know what they mean, but it's not what i mean, at all. i didn't invite myself, so i can reinvent myself -- >> martha: you are what you are. >> i am created in the image of god, just as you are, just as every human being is, i believe. i am cocreator with my creator god, that means walking with him every day, not just visit him on the weekends at church. i'm not talking about religion at all. in this b

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he'll award the medal of freedom to legendary college football coach lou holtz.that award coach? always great to see you out of the nearly 250 wins in your career and the championships, where does this rank in terms of honors in your life? >> oh, brian, this is the highest honor in an award you could possibly receive, and i receive it with mixed emotions first of all, i'm humbled. there are many more people far worthy than me but i can assure you nobody is more appreciative than me so i'm excited to have this opportunity, but at the same time, i'm excited to receive it from president trump. a president i admire, respect, i think he did a tremendous job, i'm sad he's not going to be with us for another four years because he's done so much for this country and he genuinely cares about so i stand here very proudly to accept this award from president trump. brian: so your wife passed away about five months ago. what do you think she be saying today? >> well i wasn't aware that i was being nominated for this but my wife was. her comment from my secretary, please don't

live shot of lou holtz. now you have received the presidential medal of freedom. my question is, what's next for a guy like you? >> well, first of all, that's a great question but there's [ inaudible ]. there lies lou holtz, born 1937, died december 3rd, 2020, burr eeed august 18, 2023. i think i mean this sincerely, the freedom of our country, the freedom of us as individuals, only happens when you have the legal right to vote and the vote is counted honestly. right now, this should scare every democrat, every american, everybody. let's have fair elections, let's make sure that happens and i want to be involved as best i can on that. you receive the medal of freedom, that doesn't determine my life. my life will be defined by my family, my friends and you receive recognition not because i what i did. they give you the award hopefully so it will inspire other people to take up a cause and to me, this freedom to vote to me is critical right now. i'm also blessed to receive it from a president i respect as much

joining us now is the legend himself, coach lou holtz. and happy new year, how are you? >> i'm all right. it was great to be with you. certainly enjoying the show tonight. >> trey: well, they could. i enjoyed watching that ceremony. and i don't want us to get sad, but i'm going to be honest with you, i really wish your beautiful wife beth -- and i'm sure in the way she was watching -- but i wish he could have been there with you. because i know you feel like she earned that award every bit as much if not more than you did. >> i can't say enough positive things about her. trey, she's gone to happen. i have no chance. but receiving the metal was a great honor. nobody would've been more appreciative. i was very proud to receive it. i think president trump is done some of the great things and for the democrats and everybody else fighting him along the way. but the metal created does not define my life. that's by my friends and my family. as i've often said, life is not the number of breaths you take on much the number of breathtaking moments

holtz -- mr mr. holtz-easki: if we could start with you. mr. holtz-easkin: there are some socialies where ppp and distancing allow you to continue to operate, but we are finding with the surge in cases in restaurants that probably will not be able to succeed, and in most circumstances, essentially to write them in financial protection and carry them through until the virus proceeds. that is what the ppp program did in the spring. a second round could do it again going forward. similar to the restaurant and theater business, live event venues and producers have also been devastated by this. we always love to have tens of thousands of people together in one space, and right now, we .ust are not able to do that with the course of the virus on the schedule of the vaccines, we are just not sure when we would be able to revitalize our core business, so we are -- myself and other small businesses are in great need of additional funding in order for us to ensure we can make it to that time. ernst: thank you. any other panelists that are joining us, if

sean: i recently spoke to holtz about him receiving the presidential medal of freedom. i watched you and couldn't have been happier. >> i am ready to receive from donald trump, the best president in my lifetime, what about ronald reagan, he didn't have the harassment donald trump has received so i'm humbled by the award. it doesn't apply to who i am, the quality and character of my family and friends. sean: i agree with you trump is a force of nature, a guy that so rare makes a whole lot of promises, fights every single day and accomplishes everything he said he would do. >> from medal of freedom, january 5th, 1937, died december 4th, 2020, buried in 2026. the most important thing is therapy. this should scare every american. sean: the highest award to a civilian which you got. you have a tough year. i forgot how many years, you lost your bride of how many decades. you got coronavirus. 59 years. >> the thing about it, the lesson we should learn from everything is there are ups and downs, the receiving the medal of freedom is a great thing, losing my wife was a tragedy,

president trump held a mostly maskless event for college coach lou holtz awarding the 83-year-old holtz with the presidential medal of freedom. the president praised holtz and then speaking with reporters cast doubt about his own attorney general bill barr who recently said he saw no evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential election. >> do you still have confidence in bill barr? >> ask me that in a number of weeks from now. they should be looking at all of this fraud. this is not civil. he thought it was civil. this is not civil this is criminal stuff this is very bad criminal stuff. >> president trump will travel to georgia to support the senate races for current senators kelly loeffler and perdue. if they lose their special elections the senate would be 50/50 allowing hair toys break that tie. we're monitoring everything that's happening in washington. you can follow us on twitter and add in your own comments. i'm@scott mcgrew. >> thanks so much, scott. new details in central nevada, early this morning at least two more small quakes hit the same area near mina southeast of ren

-year-old holtz with the presidential medal of freedom.he president praised holtz, then speaking with reporters cast doubt on his own attorney general, bill barr, who recently said he saw no evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential election. >> do you still have confidence in bill barr? >> ask me that in a number of weeks from now. he thought it was civil. this is not civil. this is criminal stuff. this is very bad criminal stuff. >> president trump will travel to georgia this weekend to support the senate races for current senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. if they both lose in their special elections the senate would be tied 50/50 allowing vice president kamala harris to break the tie. we're watching everything that happens on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >>> scott, thank you. "the chronicle" is reporting a massive edd fraud ring busted in the south bay. it started last month with a burglary arrest at the lake spar landing hotel. officers uncovered stolen credit cards and personal data. more than 100 victims identified and t

[applause] >> moments after awarding legendary football coach lou holtz in the medal freedom, president trump made it very clear he is disappointed in his attorney general. >> do you still have confidence in bill barr? >> ask me that in a number of weeks from now. >> the president is upset about what barr told the associated press on tuesday, "to date, we have not seen fraud that would change the outcome of the election." >> he hasn't done anything. when he looks, he will see the kind of evidence that right now you are seeing in the georgia senate. >> today in georgia, rudy giuliani questioned the security of dominion voting machines before a state senate judiciary subcommittee by highlighting a letter written by democratic congresswoman carolyn maloney way back in 2006. >> the connection to hugo chavez, eventually she followed up with maduro and how it is a highly inaccurate machine, and i guess this is just a question -- i don't know why that isn't discovered with due diligence. and whether you are a republican or democrat, this is not a machine you want counting your votes. speak on

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holtz is a long-time supporter of president trump. medal of freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. >>> there is hope on the horizon. coming up, the rush to handle vaccines once they arrive here in the bay area. >>> and you're looking now at the new york stock exchange. the big board there live. you can see we're up about 60 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. >>> u.p.s. saying they'll pump the brakes on picking certain packages. the retailers they're putting limbs on during the holiday shipping season. >> first checking in with mike nicco. >> thank you, hi, everybody. let's look at our temperatures compared to 24 hours ago. average to -- i should say we're the same to about four to five degrees warmer thanks to the high clouds out there. we'll go into the inland east bay neighborhoods, mid to upper 30s for the tri valley. danville at 33. 40s for lafayette, pleasant hill and concord, that continues around pittsburg and into antioch. 36 in novato with that fog. 49 in san francisco. 45 right now in oakland

never follow a great speaker like lou holtz. ever. bad idea.ations, coach. >> thank you for having me, sean. >> sean: well deserved. more "hannity" right after this. ♪ learning is hard work. hard work requires character. learning begins in faith. it must move upwards toward the highest thing, unseen at the beginning - god. and freedom is essential to learning. its principles must be studied and defended. learning, character, faith, and freedom: these are the inseparable purposes of hillsdale college. nwhat it feels like to get ang of hhero's welcomeeran. learning, character, faith, and freedom: on your own front lawn. at newday usa, our aim is to help every veteran family celebrate home by helping them leverage their va benefits to purchase a home with no down payment to enjoy the life they so rightly deserve. >> sean: all right. unfortunately that is all the time we have left. before we go i want to wish you, your family, the best christmas. happy holidays and all the best, all year long. i hope you have a great night. ♪ ♪ >> laura: i'm laura

holtz-eakin. in your testimony you know the function that served as an emergency injection of liquidity in the small businesses. what role do you think that played overall in the u.s. economy in april? >> it was a crucial support between the middle of march and april we lost 22 million jobs in the united states and the downdraft was severe and enormously quick. the ppe's $500 billion out into the small business sector and we saw it rebound in a way we hadn't anticipated and i think that iteb was crucial so i think it should be judged as nothing but a success due to the circumstances that it wasiv introduced. >> you pointed out one of the things that helps you you had a prior relationship with a lender of your bank and up-to-date financials and so forth so i'm leaning to the question that in your opinion is what is the biggest barrier for women and minority owned small businesses when they are applying for programs like this. we've heard it's the technical aspect for the application in some cases a

. >>> joining me is douglas holtz eakin, president of american action forum and always great to have you on. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> let's begin with the president trump's delay in signing that relief bill, that critical unemployment benefits for millions of americans let it lapse over the weekend. explain what this delay means for americans who are struggling right now and lost one week's worth of benefits. >> well, first and foremost, those unemployment insurance benefits are the best targeted piece of this legislation. those are the american families who are hardest hit by the pandemic and the recession and we've seen in the past when they tried to start up federal payments, that it was hard for the states, that there were long delays, processing difficulties, and so every day they had to get started on that in advance of paying the benefit would have been to their benefit, and so this is going to harm the ability of the states to get these checks out quickly and going to harm the people who are waiting for that aid. >> do we have any idea as to whether these loss benefit

american action former president douglas holtz-eakin. coming up, the view from the front lines of the covid-19 crisis. dr. marc boom, houston methodist medical center president and ceo. ons is "balance of power" bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. we turned to mark crumpton for bloomberg first word news. mark: president trump's campaign -- president trump's plan to campaign in georgia has sparked concern the president's efforts could backfire. mr. trump has repeatedly alleged widespread fraud cost him victories in georgia and other key states and he has disparaged the state's most prominent republicans. republicans fear that could divide the party and suppress votes for senator david perdue and kelly loeffler. the u.k. is warning brexit trade worse, whereting officials accused the european union of introducing new demands of the 11th hour. a spokesman for boris johnson told reporters "time is in very short supply." america's top infectious disease expert says there was ne

>>all right more of our conversation with lou holtz about that and his 3 rules for life an interestingrsation with coach holes tonight on news nation. i know you guys are looking at some lockdowns potentially this weekend in some counties. let's hope you have a good weekend either way take care, thank you hope you have a good weekend to we appreciate your thoughts and prayers right now. >>and you can watch news nation on wgn america 8 o'clock our time you can find it on the channel's listed hear more details are available on our website kron 4 dot com. >>will this latest shutdown work to stop the spread of covid were talking with an infectious disease >>parts of the bay area issued new stay at home orders and according to health officials this is to stop covid from killing people in our community joining us now is doctor g noble the director of the covid response at ucsf emergency department thank you for joining us. what was your reaction to hearing that the bay area has started or some part of the bay area have started the shut down earlier than what the governor was saying we needed

nobody talks about lou holtz anymore. mean guy nice to me nice to me though. sweet lou.urse it isn't just trump who continues to deny the reality of his election loss and refuses to concede the "washington post" conducted a survey and found just 27 republican members of congress who were willing to acknowledge that joe biden won the election and during a debate in georgia last night gop senator kelly loeffler refused to say whether trump had lost >> yes or no, senator loeffler did donald trump lose the recent presidential election? >> you know, president trump has ever right to use every legal recourse available it's unfortunate that the focus is on a debate about on who won the election when the process is still playing out. and president trump has every right to every legal recourse. the president has the right to pursue every legal recourse to make sure that this was a free and fair election in georgia the president has every right to every legal recourse, and that's what's taking place. >> seth: sure, anyone has the right to file a dumb lawsuit, but these guys keep l

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. >>> former notre dame football coach lou holtz will receive the medal of freedom today from the presidentther, extremely windy in the west, dry and warmer in the midwest. rainy and some snow in the south, chilly and then warming later in the northeast. >>> finally, the couple spreading holiday cheer after the pandemic canceled their wedding. >> will ganss has the story. >> this is good stuff right here. >> reporter: in their busiest season of the year, the delivery men and women in a neighborhood outside of chicago are being treated to an extra bit of holiday cheer. >> so sweet for people to do stuff like this. >> reporter: covid safe individually packaged snacks and drinks, compliments of bradley carter and britney peters. they were supposed to be getting married next weekend. >> we knew gifts would be sent to the house with the bridal shower and the wedding and we knew it was going to be a lot, so i already knew i was like, we have to do something. >> reporter: when they were forced to call their wedding off due to the pandemic, the couple decided to give the treats they had already bou

and then right onto the drama of snoopy and the christmas sweater holtz -- barryck ritholz.onomy looks grim right now, doesn't it? barry: we talked about the k shaped recovery and how some parts of the economy are doing great. some parts are not doing well. we are seeing a lot of people jump online. it is not just amazon. it is everything from shoptif -- etsy.y to even ebay is seeing more action. you do not have to go to the mall. if you have waited until now to arehopping online -- we accelerating the future from the 2020 pandemic. the future might come sooner than we think. we drew a lot from five years forward. he writes brilliant comments and has the brilliant podcast. what is this about? barry truly is one of the most brilliant guys i know, not only on the zeitgeist moment, but can take it back decades with authority. barry, i saw a headline today that matters. $240 billionulates they have had to make up to many fund investors to pay their yield after the fees. the fees are microscopic. the money market fund yield is even more microscopic. that cannot go on, can it? bar

more coming down for americans in need and there are a lot of americans in need and joined again by holtz will be honored with the presidential medal of freedom today, stopping by "fox and friends" with his a game to talk about what the honor means plus governor mike huckabee will talk about the president's fight for 2020 and was a run in 2024 will look like. and talk about wisconsin, the president's contention, joey jones with a political article the claims anti-trumpers can reclaim the american flag, a brand-new film that pays tribute to smokey and the bandit which is way overdue. all this is happening as we get set, 17 minutes to start "fox and friends" but gradually get dressed in your clothes. [ whispering ] what's this? oh, are we kicking karly out? we live with at&t. it was a lapse in judgment. at&t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gig-speed internet, but we can't sign up for that here. yeah, but i'm just like warming up to those speeds. you've lived here two years. the personal attacks aren't helping, karly. don't you have like a hot pilates class to get to or s

even today as he stood up against legendary football coach lou holtz, as he gave him the presidential medal of freedom. >> tmasks will be required and available, social distancing encouraged and hand sanitizers stations. but photos posted about by attendees show little sign of all that, and look like pictures of the crowded stylish parties in nonpandemic times. >> and the comments around the photos seemed to reflect no concern whatsoever, frequently describing the evenings as magical and perfect and hot. and perhaps they mean it in a viral sense. >> appreciate it. tom, thank you. the president praising qanon, the group that is called a domestic terror threat in a meeting at the white house, and what is it like to reach out to people and tell them you have been exposed to coronavirus. i will talk to a contact tracer that does it every day. .. when you use free same-day delivery at petsmart.com powered by doordash, or buy online and choose contactless curbside pickup. the season of spoiling is here. petsmart. apps except work.rywhere... why is that? is it because people love filling out

the fda also expected to sign off on moderna's vaccine next week joining us now, jared holtz of jeffreyshank you for joining us i mean, clearly, vaccinations started in the uk today. it seems like that will happen fairly quickly here in the u.s kpt expectations that this is already priced in to pfizer's share price? >> i think we thought it was but the stocks continue to go up on nearly every headline that comes across, whether it is approval, whether it's data. it is fair loo unprecedented where you see such a consistent move in stocks such as, you know, pfizer, biontech, moderna. they seem to be all catching a bid you know with the release of any news,whether it is significant or not we kind of thought that once the excitement had abated so to speak we had the data out and it was really more about execution that the stocks would have started to languish to some degree that has not been the case at all so far. >> what more did we learn today about the astrazeneca vaccine candidate? could that or potentially the j&j one derail pfizer or moderna give the latter two are more expensive? >>

the president has several events today including presenting the medal of freedom to coach lou holtz. we'll see if the president has more to say. right now he is continuing to fight. >> trace: griff jenkins live in washington thank you. >> sandra: for more on this let's bring in louisiana senator john kennedy. member of the judiciary and appropriations committees. senator, good morning and welcome. i want to start off first by listening to this pennsylvania whistleblower. he spoke on hannity last night. gregory stren strom. he describes irregularities and said he witnessed them himself. listen. >> they are used in the voting machines, they come out of the scanners and upload into computers at a counting center and how the precincts report in and the counts go up. so those usb sticks are all supposed to come back with the ballots, cartridge and paper tapes by the election judges. they are supposed to come into the voting center. what we found is a bunch of baggies that came in. usb six and paper tapes and the cartridges were all taken apart and co-mingled. a forensicly destructive proc

even today as he stood right up against legendary football coach lou holtz to give him the presidentialdom. >> i put the mask on when i think i need it. >> reporter: the first lady's chief of staff told cnn yeah, we're implementing safety measures. temperature checks, smaller guest looks, social distancing encouraged and hand sanitizer stations. but photos posted by attendees show little sign of all that. and look a whole lot like pictures of the crowded jovial stylish parties in nonpandemic times. and the comments around those photos seem to reflect no concern whatsoever, frequently describing these white house evenings as magical and perfect, and even hot, although perhaps they mean that in a viral sense. don? >> indeed. thank you, tom. appreciate it. >>> the president praising qanon, a group the fbi calls a domestic terror threat during a meeting at the white house. plus what is it like to reach out to people and tell them they've been exposed to coronavirus? i'm going to talk to a contact tracer who does that every single day. we do it every night. every night. i live alone, but i s

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knowledge knows, whether it is the chair of the fed, jay powell, whether it is people like douglas holtz-eakin, the former cbo director who has been a deficit hawk, they all say we have plenty of fiscal room to make the kind of investment we need to make right now. -- we do not need to act into the and massive away. david: i can certainly understand your concern about -- if you do not get the state assistance and deal -- is it gone as you go to the next term? rep. yarmuth: you will lose a lot of very good public servants. even this compromise measure is time to get us through march. it speaks out or implies we will have to do something else. we will have a president and his economic team who understand the importance of doing it, we will have the bully pulpit. we will lay out a compelling case. that is one thing we have not had his presidential leadership in this national economic challenge. i am a little bit more optimistic regardless of what happens in georgia and what happens with control of the senate that with strong leadership coming out of the next administration, we have a much better

but what he is doing today is he's meeting with football coach lou holtz to give him the medal of freedom. it's interesting also because this is a situation where the president has talked a lot about vaccines but not necessarily about covid-19. he's trying to take credit for vaccines, the american success with vaccines, while it's perfectly true that the pharmaceutical companies are the ones that have done most of the heavy lifting, the president is even trying to push this rollout of vaccines quicker in order to make sure that he gets more credit for it and the joe biden administration gets less credit for it. so what is the president doing? it's pretty clear, he is very focused on the issue, still, of the election he lost, as you said at the top. even rolling out that 46-minute video just yesterday full of lies, conspiracy theories about the election. jim, back to you. >> well, it would be nice to hear some facts from that building at some point. thanks very much. >>> we turn to california, the numbers so alarming that stay-at-home restrictions are under consideration. stephanie elam is

democrats passed in the house, big news on a vaccine, stay tuned for doctor's analysis and the coach lou holtz a lifetime. see you in a few moments on this friday edition of "bill hemmer reports." >> john: we are awaiting autopsy results in the death of social media influencers alexis sharkey. her body was found along the houston highway last saturday. casey stegall joined us from dallas. >> tomorrow marks one week in fact since the body of 26-year-old alexis sharkey turned up in houston and frankly, almost seven days later, still so many questions. city workers discovered the young woman nude and hidden away in bushes. that is where these autopsy findings will be key. meanwhile, houston police say they are analyzing security camera footage taken from a business close to the crime scene that could possibly shed some light on how she got there. she was last seen alive the day before. her mom thinks she was murdered. hpd will only say that foul play has not been ruled out while forensic experts believe there are other possibilities too. >> when we see bodies who have been dumped with no visual s

herera president donald trump award, the crountry's highest civilian honor to former football coach lou holtzhe is a vocal trump supporter. president donald trump refused to say whether he still has confidence in the attorney general william bar, who says he has seen no evidence of widespread voter fraud >> another big deal for the los angeles lakers they are reportedly finalizing a new five-year, $190 million contract with anthony davis for him to stay with the lakers. yesterday the lakers signed lebron james to a two-year contract extension and take a look at this. this is the moment of collapse for the radio telescope in puerto rico. footage showed the cables snapping and the telescope crashed. >> that had been said to be in a precarious situation since one of the cables cracked some months ago >> it was battered by hurricane maria, too it's a big loss to the scientific community >> was it the largest in the world, as i'm recalling? >> i'm sorry >> was it the largest in the world? >> yes, it was one of the largest in the world and it was the radio telescope that isn't the message into the

senator, i know you are at the white house for the presentation of the medal of freedom, with lou holtzand he also had a conversation with the president. what can you tell us? >> i can tell you that the president is going to challenge systems that he thinks failed. he's going to fight for every vote and all the swing states and i would encourage him to do so. he also rejects the idea that the best way to help trump is to boycott the senate races. that's insane. anybody that suggests it's good for us to lose the georgia senate races really doesn't understand what's in trump's best interest or that. he's going to talk about election abuses that are real in georgia and he's going to urge people to get out and vote for the republican candidates in georgia to make sure we have a majority in the united states senate which is good for the trump legacy, good for the trump family and good for the country. >> john: last night with my colleague martha maccallum you said the trump campaign has to prove itself in court, the inference being it hasn't done so yet. have they gone any further distance d

he's giving the medal of freedom, to lou holtz a retired football coach who endorsed him in the campaign's a closed press event no chance for reporters to ask him questions because he can't handle those questions. >> good point. >>> turning to the transition, baffled. that's how the leading civil rights organizations are left feeling right now. groups like the naacp worried about the direction of the biden cabinet and now applying pressure to appointment more black officials to top posts so far. so far joe biden has nominated three people to his cabinet or cabinet level positions, lynda thomas greenfield, alejandro mayorkas, and neera tanden. thank you for being here. tuesday you told "the washington post" there had been no communication with the president-elect, no meetings set up and this baffled you. have you heard anything since? is there any meeting on the books right now? >> we have heard from the president-elect's campaign. what was baffling that you cannot say that civil rights in the black community will be a priority and you appointed a czar over environmental, which is importa

behind closed doors at least so far as we know to give the medal of freedom to football coach lou holtz, he's also going to sign a piece of legislation that has to do with artificial intelligence in government, but that's about it. meanwhile, the one thing from time to time the president has been doing that relates to the pandemic is he's been trying to take full credit for developing vaccines when the fact of the matter is pharmaceutical companies did all the hard work and one of them, one of the very important companies, pfizer, didn't even participate in the president's program, didn't take government money. so the president certainly can't take full credit for that. the other thing you have to say is the president, in fact, just yesterday put out this videotape, if you will, a speech of him on social media in which he repeated so many of the lies and conspiracy theories about the election that he's been promoting since the election on twitter. that's about it. there were no reporters in the room, by the way, when the president gave that speech, jim. >> okay. so a vaccine -- approval

kristen, you were just in with the president when he was giving a medal of freedom award to lou holtztape, the q&a, you asked him a number of questions, i don't want to interrupt you just to set the stage. he took questions at the end of that ceremony, and i think you were asking him about the attorney general as well and whether or not the attorney general is going to be fired, correct? >> that's right, andrea. i asked him first of all why not concede now, given the remarks by attorney general bill barr, that he has not seen fraud, he has not seen anything that would indicate the election results should be overturned. and the president said that, well, quite frankly, he believes the attorney general hasn't looked at the matter and that he's disappointed in that. i then followed up with him and said, mr. president, do you have confidence in your attorney general? there was a long pause, andrea, and so i think our viewers should look for that in the audit. then he said, "ask me in a few weeks," andrea. >> and here is what the audio sounds and looks like. >> reporter: mr. president, mit

. >> that was william holtz, and he was from the university of missouri, right? >> yeah. he taught at the university of missouri. and it created quite a sensation. there were lots of headlines like said fraud on the prairie. >> right. right. right. >> so i reviewed that book and that's when i started looking at wilder's manuscript and kind of thinking about what an interesting story that was. >> about her life? >> yeah. >> i think you mentioned in your book that a lot of his assertions about rose writing the book is in the appendix, right? did he set out to debunk it or did he just somehow fall into that later? >> it was kind of an odd presentation in some ways because he seemed to have some real hostility towards laura as part of the story and was very critical of her and yet he didn't bring up this thing that was such a central part of the book. his book was called the ghost in the little house until really the appendix when he talks about it at the end. so it was a contentious kind of argument to make, and i ultimately came away from it feeling like there was a lot mor

[laughter] stuart: that was legendary football coach lou holtz.>> now this, some employers could require their workers to take the vaccine in order to come back to work. let's go to aishah hasnie live in new york city. can workers really be fired if they refuse the vaccine? >> reporter: hey, good morning, stuart. that is the million dollar question, right? unfortunately, according to some legal experts, yeah, some folks could lose their jobs if they decide to say no, and plenty of people are thinking about saying no. take a look at this, the most recent gallup poll reveals 42% of americans say they would not get a covid-19 vaccine. but employers may be able to require it. is here's why. in the past osha gave employers the authority to mandate that h3n1 vaccine. the only -- h1n1 vaccine. this time though, stuart, there is no federal guidance whatsoever for a covid vaccine. the labor department is not commenting yet, and the equal employment opportunity commission says it is still evaluating the whole situation. the idea though that your boss could

today he has two more events, one of which he's giving a medal to lou holtz.camera for either? no because he doesn't want to take questions from the media about his baseless claims about the election nor the surge in the pandemic. the president is not leading. he's just consumed with conspiracy theories, and there's no one around him who's able to get him to change course. >>> coming up, what does $908 billion buy on capitol hill? we'll dig into the details behind a new push for covid relief when the senate's number two dem, dick durbin joins the conversation. "morning joe" is back in a moment. ♪ ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. no uh uh, no way come on, no no n-n-n-no-no only discover has no annual fee on any card. i do motivational speakingld. n-n-n-no-no in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizi

douglas holtz-eakin is present in american action forum. he sort of financial crisis commission from 2003-2005 picky led the congressional budget office and also held positions as council on foreign relations and is on the team at the presidential campaign. jason furman is because of the practice of economic policy at harvard kennedy school of government or he served as chair of president obama's council of economic advisers and use also my boss. he's helped major commissions also received a policy in place like brookings institution and new york university school of public service. thank you all for being here. i couldn't think of the panel i would be more excited to have this conversation with. secretary lew just said we face a a situation where success is the enemy. congress acted fast, put up 30% gdp into the economy in march and april, and since then action has been very slow. there is talk now about $908 billion in working twitter congress. i wonder what you think are going to be the first -- working through -- what president-elect bi

an oval office appearance yesterday in presenting the metal of freeman -- freedom to lou holtz. here's what president trump had to say. "washington journal >> mitch mcconnell says covid relief may be insight. will you support this bill? >> i will, and i think they are getting very close and i want it to happen. i believe they are getting very close to ideal. >> and you will support it? >> i will. >> can i ask you to respond to the comments by your attorney notral who indicated he has seen any evidence of fraud in order to overturn the election results? why is now not the time to concede? >> he has not done anything. when he looks, he will see the kind of evidence that right now, you are seeing in the georgia senate. they are going through hearings right now in georgia and finding tremendous volume. they have not looked very hard, which is a disappointment, to be honest with you. it is massive fraud, whether you go to wisconsin, where we just filed a case, or michigan, or if you look at what is happening in georgia, pennsylvania, if you look at nevada, which is moving along very

like the lou holtz presidential medal of honor next week it's possible the president will invite us insome questions. >> trace: a lot of possibilities there. john roberts live on the north lawn. >> monday. >> trace: nothing is impossible. >> targeted relief that would have gone to hospitals, to schools, to families, to small businesses, that's what i've been fighting for. that's what the democrats are holding up. i'm not going to stand by and let that happen. >> sandra: that was kelly loeffler blaming democrats for the stimulus stalemate at last night's big debate. maria bartiromo joining us now. we know that there are so many americans who need this help out there. where does it go next? >> it looks like they are agreeing, sandra, to this $908 billion stimulus package. this is less than half of what initially the democrats wanted but suddenly you hear some camaraderie talk coming out of speaker nancy pelosi with her conversations that she said she had with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. we'll see what happens here. wall street believes we'll see a deal before the end of the y

so yesterday with the president of the united states being there, giving the award, and somehow lou holtzent? >> i tell you, i've had several conversations with the president and he has respected me unbelievably. his one son, donald jr. , i believe, wrestled for seven or eight years and somebody puts that kind of time and work into it they can really respect somebody especially that somebody that's gone on to the highest level, so i think donald trump really respects me. he's always been humbled in front of me. he's never made me mad. he might have walked out of the press conference a little bit yesterday, a little bit pert urbed with a couple newspaper people, but hey, i was having a great time. brian: he left you in the office by yourself with your family. >> that's okay. he didn't like what was going on he said it was about me and it wasn't about him, so i'm out of there. brian: you got it, no i hear you and do you have the medal with you? >> i do, right here. brian: can we see it? >> yeah, right here. it's the president's medal of freedom right here. it's the highest honor a civilian

brian: there you go, it's your shot of the morning legendary football coach lou holtz praising presidentmedal of freedom to him. ainsley: sea long-time republican and spoke at the rnc back in august. he said he was the greatest president in his lifetime. talking about president trump. just such a neat, neat guy. what a great story. he said he came from poverty a two bedroom house and look at him now highest love you. brian: bobby knight loves the president mutual. bobby bow continue that whole generation of coaches george steinbrenner. that whole in your face attitude i'm going to tell you what's on my mind it resonates with the football coaches. ainsley: coaches make such difference in our lives. brian: absolutely. ainsley: hand it over to jillian. jillian: for mourns detained for sailing into british virgin island waters from. sailing into the territory's water. officials banning americans from visiting amid the pandemic. the group pleading to the illegal entry with each of them paying a $1,000 fine. today a nevada judge is expected to make a decision on a trump campaign lawsuit claims